Alison and Justin, review all their favourite board games, so you can be up to date on what’s hot in the world of tabletop games. Reviews of exciting games from Kickstarter and established games. Discover the features of board games from replay ability, how to win, component pieces, cost, expansions and the impact board games have on a marriage. Join them as they discuss whatever games they feel magnetised to.
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Ruined is a weekly movie podcast in which horror aficionado Halle Kiefer unpacks a different spooky film for her squeamish friend and co-host, Alison Leiby, who can’t stomach watching horror herself, but is dying to know the twists. Every week the hosts "ruin" a horror movie, from slashers to home invasions, creature features to the supernatural, they cover it all! Horror fans, scaredy cats, and film buffs are all welcome. Listen to new episodes of Ruined every Tuesday.
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What happens when someone becomes a human-rights icon – but then turns out to stand for something else entirely? Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was locked up for fighting against China’s One Child Policy and suffered years of unlawful imprisonment. In 2012, following a daring midnight escape, he landed in the United States a hero. But that’s only the beginning of his story. Just a few years later, he would re-enter the spotlight as an avid Trump supporter and a “Stop the Steal” rally-goer. ...
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Every medicine in your pharmacy has a human story behind it. Real people doing real work and living real lives. We all have romantic ideas about scientists working late into the evening or doctors dropping everything to answer a phone call about a patient. You can almost envision the moment when one of those researchers finally solves an intellectual puzzle and leaps into action. Their eyes go from an empty stare to an alert laser-like focus. They sit a bit taller and start to read frantical ...
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Halle and Alison discuss why you should never move a pile of rocks while they ruin the bog adjacent film Boys from County Hell. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison chart family curses and bog romances to ruin Moloch. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison kick off bog month and try to leave the lights on while ruining From The Dark. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison debate the reality of demons and agree on the greatness of 90s movies ruining Frailty. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison debate how they would use their own pyro powers while ruining Firestarter. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison find a witch to help them get revenge as they ruin Pumpkin Head. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison brave the Icelandic fog and the ram man to ruin Lamb. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison try not to barf from all the gooeyness of ruining Dead Alive. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison pile in the minivan to ruin 2017's Mom and Dad. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison decide when they would be at a ten and praise queen Sarah Paulson while ruining 2020's Run. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison find what mold and trauma have in common to ruin Relic. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison talk their way through the terror to ruin A Quiet Place. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison flip the switches and have some thoughts on the ending of Lights Out (2016). Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison talk about unprepared townspeople and where wolves are to ruin An American Werewolf in London (not Paris). Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison have an eeling that this sanatorium isn't what it seems when they ruin The Cure For Wellness. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison urge you to stay out of the basement while they ruin Villains. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison debate the realities of being a church organist while ruining Carnival of Souls. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison get very invested in the asbestos removal industry to ruin Session 9. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison wonder if a cockroach is god while they ruin Saint Maud. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison race through the streets of Venice and consult a psychic to ruin Don't Look Now. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison tackle a movie they have BOTH seen and, well, it's basically like any other episode. Enjoy as they ruin The Shining. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Guangcheng has put his life on the line to stand up for noble causes and principles. He has also thrown his support behind Trump and, more recently, a range of intolerant ideas. There are so many things to admire about him, but there are others that are hard to excuse. We thought with this series that we could show how all these things could be tru…
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Halle and Alison go from a crevasse to a cult to ruin The Empty Man. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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With a new position at the Catholic University of America and funding from a rightwing think tank, Guangcheng takes on a new challenge: strengthening his English. We examine why this became such a top priority for Guangcheng and his patrons, what it means to traverse borders and negotiate between languages, and how Guangcheng’s political beliefs ar…
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Century: Golem Edition is a re-themed version of Century: Spice Road set in the world of Caravania. In Century: Golem Edition, players are caravan leaders who travel the famed golem road to deliver crystals to the far reaches of the world. We recently had the opertunity to play this popular reimplementation of Century: Spice Road from Plan B games.…
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Halle and Alison say goodbye to the sun and hello to vampires to ruin 30 Days of Night. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Almost one year after arriving in the US, the New York Post publishes a story suggesting NYU is trying to sever ties with Guangcheng. Guangcheng alleges the university is bowing to pressure from the Chinese Communist Party. Guangcheng’s hosts at NYU accuse right wing political forces of misleading him. Things get very messy. Where Guangcheng lands …
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Halle and Alison sip sherry and sort out stalkers to ruin Black Christmas. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Following a tense negotiation between the US and China, Guangcheng arrives in the United States. He is greeted with a hero’s welcome. He gives speeches. He wins awards. And he tries to adjust to life in New York, hosted by NYU. But quickly cracks start to emerge beneath the glamorous facade.By Alison Klayman, Colin Jones, Yangyang Cheng
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Halle and Alison find neither books nor shadows while ruining Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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When visiting the North of Britannia in 122 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian Augustus witnessed the aftermath of war between his armies and the savage Picts. In a show of Roman might, he ordered a wall to be built that would separate the Pict tribes from the rest of England. Grand in its design, the wall stretched 80 Roman miles, from coast to coast. …
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Guangcheng escapes house arrest, but he’s not free yet. Without a real plan or a place to hide, he turns to the US embassy in Beijing. His moves set in motion a diplomatic maelstrom, where top officials from the two most powerful countries in the world negotiate over his fate – and their own.By Alison Klayman, Colin Jones, Yangyang Cheng
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Halle and Alison chase urban legends and art reviews to ruin 2021's Candyman. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Guangcheng is kidnapped by Chinese authorities and thrown in jail. By keeping him under lock and key, the government hopes to take away his power. But his imprisonment transforms him into a cause and a symbol of dissent in China and across the world. Then after years of detention, Guangcheng decides to try to make an escape. But how and who can he …
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Halle and Alison get locked in the ultimate escape room to ruin Saw II. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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This week we talk about and do our Marvel Dice Throne Review. We've been playing this one for a few weeks after I found it on sale in EB Games. I've kind of wanted this one for a while because I've heard good things about Dice Throne, and I like Marvel stuff. Alison was not so keen on the Marvel stuff, but it is fun to compare the mechanics between…
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Guangcheng fights his biggest case in China – exposing the brutality of the One Child Policy. This, and a series of public and legal victories in the early 2000s, makes him into an icon in the US and an enemy of the state in China, an unlikely place for a blind man who grew up in a poor village. So how did it all begin? We talk to Guangcheng himsel…
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It’s 2011. Hollywood A-lister Christian Bale is in China and gets punched in the face by security guards for trying to visit Chen Guangcheng, a local human rights activist under house arrest. It’s all captured by a CNN crew and broadcast across the world. A few months later Guangcheng would escape to the United States. But after you arrive in Ameri…
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Halle and Alison check themselves into the hospital to ruin Halloween II.By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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What happens when someone becomes a human-rights icon – but then turns out to stand for something else entirely? Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng was locked up for fighting against China’s One Child Policy and suffered years of unlawful imprisonment. In 2012, following a daring midnight escape, he landed in the United States a hero. But that’s only…
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Halle and Alison go party in the mines to ruin My Bloody Valentine (1981). Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Wow! 2023 is already almost over. The Holidays are on, and the new year is just around the corner. It has been a great year for us at HotGameMagnet. We got to play so many fantastic games. In fact, if i had any complaint it's just that we didn't have enough time to play every game all of the time. I guess that's somewhat unrealistic. Actually, I ha…
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Halle and Alison try to keep track of over twenty dancers in danger to ruin Climax.By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison sit down for a super chill party game to ruin Talk to Me. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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We have a certain style of game that is what we consider to be perfect. It's not perfect for everyone but it's perfect for us. We like an upper medium weight game with great art, and an interesting theme that takes about 90 minutes to play for two players. There are a ton of games that fit these criteria but not all of them have the magic that make…
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Halle and Alison debate their solo survival skills to ruin The Night Eats The World. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison learn a little about animals and a lot about humans while they ruin Raw. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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It's time for Kickstarter Round-up November 2023! Hello fellow board game addicts. It's time to find out what games are hot and why we think so! After all, we are called Hot game Magnet for a reason. It's not because we like magnets. We do like magnets, but not for podcasting purposes. OMG! There are so many great games on kickstarter right now. In…
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Halle and Alison creep and leap and glide and slide for 1988’s The Blob. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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Halle and Alison kick off They Ate month with the frontiersman cannibals in Ravenous. Follow @ruinedpodcast on Instagram and Twitter for show updates! Check out @theradiopoint and @crookedmedia for more original content!By Crooked Media & Radio Point
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